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Design of CAPTCHA Script for Indian Regional Websites

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Security in Computing and Communications (SSCC 2013)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 377))

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To improve accessibility of Indian regional websites especially government websites content is offered in regional languages besides English language. However, these websites use CAPTCHA tests in English languages in regional language pages. This reduces usability and accessibility because non-native speakers of English language are required to pass CAPTCHA tests in English language. The accessibility of such websites can be improved substantially if secure CAPTCHA tests in regional languages are used. However, such an implementation is challenging as Indian regional languages are unique in many ways, are written differently and have different alphabets, glyphs, pronunciations, accents, etc. This paper reviews existing CAPTCHA scripts and Indian regional websites in terms of their usability, accessibility and multilingual support. It reports the design of CAPTCHA script in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English languages which can be used to generate CAPTCHA tests in websites offering content in these languages. The designed CAPTCHA script offers features such as audio, localized onscreen keyboard, random patterns and fonts to improve usability and security.

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  1. PG Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Technology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190 006, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    M. Tariq Banday & Shafiya Afzal Sheikh

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  1. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Technopark Campus, 695581, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

    Sabu M. Thampi

  2. Department of Applied Computer Science, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, R3B 2E9, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Pradeep K. Atrey

  3. Electrical and Computer Science Engineering Building, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Chun-I Fan

  4. Facultad de Informatica, Campus de Espinardo, s/n, 30.100, Murcia, Spain

    Gregorio Martinez Perez

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Banday, M.T., Sheikh, S.A. (2013). Design of CAPTCHA Script for Indian Regional Websites. In: Thampi, S.M., Atrey, P.K., Fan, CI., Perez, G.M. (eds) Security in Computing and Communications. SSCC 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 377. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40576-1_11

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